Saturday, 1 June 2013

Doctor Who Vs. Cracker Specials

After three full seasons, Cracker returned to ITV in 1996 for a feature-length special written by Paul Abbot. Robbie Coltrane again played the titular criminal psychologist, Fitz (here on a lecture tour of Hong Kong), and was joined by Ricky Tomlinson (as DCI Wise). Coltrane reprised his most famous TV role ten years later in a final special, now set in Manchester again, and scripted by series creator, Jimmy McGovern.

The serials featured ten Doctor Whocast and crew connections:

White Ghost (TX: October 28 1996)

David Bradley (Carter) provided the voice of Shansheeth Blue in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor, played Solomon in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, and led the cast of An Adventure in Space and Time as William Hartnell